10 - 13 December 2006, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Pre-conference workshop

Separately bookable Sunday 10th December 2006
 
How can managed services be used to create strategic carrier-vendor partnerships that support continuous business improvement?
 
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9.30 – 16.00
 
This interactive briefing day will provide you with a clear insight into the rapidly evolving managed services market.
Siemens Communications will present their experiences in this market and will explore during the day the various aspects that are important for a Telecom Service Provider to create business benefits through the managed services offerings from vendors. Special focus will be given towards strategic partnering and how managed services can play an important role in establishing successful partnerships that create sustainable competitive advantage in a liberalised market.
 
Both Mobile and Fixed Service Providers will benefit from this workshop as Siemens Communications presents a combination of case studies, market insight and practical information that will help both types of market players to evaluate the impact and value add of managed services according to their unique business situation.
 
Some of the topics that will be addressed during this briefing are:
  • Overview of the different types of managed services - how can they be beneficial in solving some of the business challenges of a fixed and mobile operator in the Middle-East
  • The business case and methodologies for outsourcing of non-core network operations - how to assure the benefits and how to manage the impact on your organization
  • The changing Carrier-Vendor relationship -  assessment of the various risk-sharing models that make sense in a liberalised market
  • Approaches for entering into strategic partnerships – how to assure a successful business alignment and how to manage the partnership
 
About your workshop leader
Siemens Communications engages in a dialog with customers to create trendsetting communications solutions that help network operators and enterprises achieve their business goals. As an innovation leader and one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions for mobile, fixed and enterprise networks, Siemens Communications delivers customer value today and prepares customers for tomorrow with trendsetting solutions.
More about Siemens Communications at www.siemens.com/communications


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